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Colonial News
The public occurances made the first news paper in america in 1690 so they could give the news! -
First Paper
America's first newspaper, publick occurances, both Foreign and Domestick, is published in Boston. It lasts for just one issue. -
Count of papers in the US
There were 17 newspapers at that time. -
Count of papers in the US
There were 31 newspapers at that time -
First Amendment
Dec 15, 1791
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, expressly forbidding Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press," is ratified. -
James Gordon Bennett
James Gordon Bennett issues the first edition of the New York Herald, which will soon grow in popularity to become the country's most widely read newspaper. Bennett will introduce a number of innovations that will revolutionize the American news industry. -
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley issues the first edition of the New York Tribune. -
Joseph Pulitzer
Jewish newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. Pulitzer introduced the techniques of "new journalism" to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected Congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption. -
Muckraking
People related to muckraking, Upton Sinclair, Jr.
He achieved popularity in the first half of the ...
Lincoln Steffens, He later became an editor of McClure's magazine ...
Jacob Riis, Jacob August Riis was a Danish American social -
Penny Press
Ottmar Mergentholer created the penny press in new york and the penny press increased the speed and accuracy that you can make newpapers with -
William Randolph Hearst
1887
William Randolph Hearst is named editor of the San Francisco Examiner by his father, George Hearst, the paper's owner. -
Yellow Jounalism
Yellow journalism, in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting newspaper sales and exciting public opinion. It was particularly indicative of two papers founded and popularized in the late 19th century- The New York World, run by Joseph Pulitzer and The New York Journal, run by William Randolph Hearst.